Love Island 2021: ITV announces cast with first disabled contestant

 

Hugo HammondIMAGE COPYRIGHTITV
image captionHugo Hammond was born with clubfoot, making him the first disabled contestant

It's been over a year since we last got to experience the thrill of coupling up, mugging off and Casa Amor chaos.

But ITV have confirmed the first contestants who will be heading into Love Island's famous Majorca villa.

The starting line-up includes PE teacher Hugo Hammond from Hampshire, who has played disability cricket for England.

Love Island's last series to air was its winter version in South Africa in January

Brad Love IslandIMAGE COPYRIGHTITV
image captionBrad said he was appearing on the show because "who wouldn't want to be in a nice villa in a hot country?"

ITV has also put in place new protocols for mental health this year after concerns over contestant welfare.

Series seven contestants will receive comprehensive psychological support and training on how to handle social media negativity.

Former contestant Dr Alex George, who is also the government's youth mental health ambassador, helped with the new plan.

The series starts next Monday.

media captionDr Alex: From Love Island to the frontline of a pandemic

The first contestants to be announced were Sharon Gaffka, a civil servant for the Department for Transport and Aaron Francis, a luxury events host who has worked at Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice's weddings.

Also announced was 21-year-old Liberty Poole, a marketing student and waitress at Nando's and Kaz Kamwi, an Essex fashion blogger..


Joiningng them is former Scottish glamour model turned influencer Shannon Singh and Jake Cornish, a water engineer from Weston-super-Mare.

Liberty PooleIMAGE COPYRIGHTITV
image captionLiberty works in Nando's but says she's never seen anyone extra hot in there

ITV has also confirmed that the series will feature a few production changes because of the coronavirus pandemic.

These include "a large proportion" of the show's production moving to London - while it has not been confirmed whether Iain Sterling's voiceovers will come from Spain or not.

They're joined by Toby Aromolaran, who plays for Hashtag United - a non-league football club which was set up by a football Youtuber and includes Chelsea player Cesar Azpilicueta on its board of directors.

And the announcement got a reaction from Toby's manager Jay Devereux.

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Also part of the cast is Brad McClelland, a labourer from Northumberland - who says: "I try and make as much money as I can by doing as little as possible" - and Chloe Burrows, a 25-year-old working in financial services.

26-year-old Faye Winter, 


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